Month: August 2019

STAIR is currently accepting article submissions for the General Section of its upcoming February 2020 issue. Twice a year, STAIR invites authors to submit original research manuscripts on topics of contemporary relevance in international affairs. Each issue contains a Theme Section dedicated to a specific subject area, and a General Section covering various topics from the fields of international relations, political science, area studies, development studies, international history and related fields.

STAIR will review manuscripts that contain original, previously unpublished material of up to 6,000 words (including endnotes with complete bibliographic information). Authors are asked to include a word count and an abstract of no more than 300 words. Authors are asked to follow the STAIR style guide for referencing available here. Papers should be submitted by Monday 14 October 2019 to stair-journal@politics.ox.ac.uk. For more information, see the attached Call for Papers or contact Daniel Waqar, Managing Editor, at daniel.waqar@sant.ox.ac.uk.

About STAIR:
STAIR is the University of Oxford's peer-reviewed journal of international affairs. Founded in 2005, STAIR has carved out its distinctive niche as a cross-disciplinary outlet for research on the most pressing contemporary global issues, providing a forum in which emerging can publish their work alongside established academics and policymakers. Past contributors include John Baylis, Alexander Betts, Robert Keohane, and Sarah Percy.

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There are four sessions to choose from. All four are offered online.

• Friday, August 16 at 12:30pm
• Thursday, August 22 at 12:30pm
• Friday, August 23 at 12:30pm
• Wednesday, August 28 at 7:00pm

Please contact librarian Joscelyn Leventhal with questions about the orientations.

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